Mop-head.



No. 684,592. 'i Patented Oct. l5, ISU. J. TRUST.

MDP HEAD.

Application led Apr. 6, 1901 (N o Model.)

Unirrmo trrntras amar emes.

JOSEPH TROST, OF SEAFORTH, MINNESOTA.

MOP-HEAEL SPEGIFECATLON forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,592, dated October 1 5, 1901.

Application filed April 6, 1901. Serial No. 54.716. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH TRosT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seaforth, in the county of Redwood and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Heads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for the ready attachment of a mop, brush, flexible strip, or the like to a handle, the purpose being to provide an article of this character which will readily adapt itself to the bulk of dierent articles placed between the clamp members, the latter yielding so as to admit of different-sized articles being clamped at one and the same time, whereby it is possible to secure a mop or brush and a flexible strip to the head at the same time.

In its construction the device comprises oppositely-disposed clamp members or plates, a handle fitted to one of said members, clampbolts for drawing the members together, and springs interposed between the said clamp membersand mounted upon the bolts, so as to force the members apart when the clamp bolts are loosened, the parts being coniined, so as to admit of free movement of the clamp members to admit of articles of different size being simultaneouslyclamped between their opposite longitudinal edge portions.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof, and also to acquire aknowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is atop plan view, parts being broken away, of a mop head or holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing a rubber strip and a mop clamped between opposite edge portions of the clamp members or plates.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The mop head or Vholder comprises members or plates l and 2, which may be of any length and width, clamp-bolts 3, eXpansible springs 4L, and a tang 5, attached to one of the members or plates for connection of the handle G with the head or holder. The clamp members or plates 1 and 2 are of different widths, and their inner or opposing faces are hollow or concave to enable them the better to grip the mop,brush,or other article clamped between them. The outer clamp member or plate l is of less width than the inner member, and this is of advantage, because of the angular position assumed by the holder when in use. Moreover, the article is enabled to be gripped more firmly between the members by a wedging action, due to the riding of the bent edges of the member l upon the inclined or bent edges of the member or plate 2. The mem; bers 1 and 2 are preferably metal plates, having their longitudinal edge portions curved or bent and arranged with the bent edges facing or opposing one another for coperation in the manner stated. The clam p-bolts are located near opposite `ends of the head and pass through openings formed centrally therein, the openings being sufficiently large to admit of a rocking or turning of the clamp members or plates, whereby they are enabled to readily adapt themselves to the bulk or size of articles gripped between opposite edge portions of the said plates. Thumb-nuts 7 are mounted upon the threaded ends of the clamp-bolts and cooperate therewith to draw the members l and 2 together, so as to clamp the object placed therebetween. The springs 4 are of the expansible type and are mounted upon the clamp-bolts between the members l and 2 and serve to force said members apart when the thumb-nuts 7 are backed or unscrewed. These springs normally exert a tension upon the clamp members to force them apart and to hold them directly opposite each other, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2.

The head or holder is fitted to a handle 6 by means of a tang 5, and the mop or other article to be secured is gripped between the members 1 and 2. As shown in Fig. 3, a mop 9 and flexible strip l0 are gripped between IOO opposite edge portions of the members l and 2, the flexiblel strip serving as a cleaner for windows or smooth surfaces and the mopheing adapted for use in any of the usual ways for cleaning floors and the like. As shown in Fig. 3, the members l and 2 are unequally spaced at their opposite edges conformable to the size of the articles gripped between them.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is The herein-described mop-head comprising clamp members or plates of different Widths and having the longitudinal edge portions inwardly bent to provide oppositely-disposed hollow or concave sides, a tang attached to 15 one of the said members, clamp-bolts passing through corresponding openings formed mounted upon the clamp-bolts and coming :zo

between the clamp members or plates, substantially as set forth. A

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH TROST. [1.. s] lVitnesses:

'ADAM TRosT,

W. S. SOUTHWICK. 

